Flat-iron holder and waxer.



G. W. HAWKINS.

FLAT IRON HOLDER AND WAXER.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.3.1914.

1 14Q 265o Patented May 18, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS 50., PHOIO-LITHOvv WASHINGTONv D. C.

IINITE @TATES PATIENT @FFICE.

FLAT-IRON HOLDER AND WAXER.

anges.

Application filed August 3, 1914.

- T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HAWKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence, State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-IronHolders and I/Vaxers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to laundry devices, particularly to iron holders,and has for its object the provision of a novel device adapted to beclamped upon an ironing board for holding the iron.

An important object is the provision of an iron holding stand providedwith means whereby the iron may be waxed.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which willbe simple and inexpensive in construction, efficient and durable in useand a general improvement of the art.

These and other objects and advantages will be carefully brought out inthe following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing board showing mydevice applied there to, Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectionalview therethrough, showing my device in side elevation, Fig. 3 is a planview of my device detached, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional viewtherethrough.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral 5 designates anironing board of any well known or preferred type to which my device isadapted to be secured.

My device comprises a U-shaped bracket 6 having its upper arm 7 adaptedto be disposed upon the top of the ironing board 5 and having its lowerarm 8 provided with a screw threaded aperture for the passage of aclamping screw 9 having a wing head 10 and provided with a swivel end11. The bracket 6 being placed in position upon the ironing board,turning the clamping screw 9 will clamp the bracket upon the board.

Formed upon the upper end of the bracket 6 is an ear 12 to which ispivoted, as shown at 13, ears 14 formed on a flat plate 15 sup-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 318, 1915.

Serial No. 854,758.

ported upon lugs 16 which may be cast upon or stamped from the materialof the plate. The plate 15 is adapted to support an iron which isprevented from accidental displacement by upstanding projections 17arranged at the sides of the plate 15. The plate 15 may be provided withcutout portions 18 in order to reduce its Weight. In order that an ironmay be waxed, I provide the plate 15 with a recess 19 within which isdisposed a block of wax 20, the upper edge of which extends above thesurface of the plate 15.

When the bracket 6 is clamped upon the ironing board 5 as previouslydescribed, the plate 15 will be disposed over the board with the lugs 16resting upon the top of the board. The iron to be held is slid onto theplate 15 from the end toward the bracket and can be removed therefrom bymerely lifting it vertically or slid back off the plate 15 thus waxingit upon its engagement with the block of wax 20.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawing it will beapparent that I have thus provided a novel and simple attachment for anironing board whereby an iron may be conveniently held or waxed.

It will be readily understood that I reserve the right to make variouschanges in the form, construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or limiting the scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim.

An iron holding attachment for an ironing board, comprising a clampengageable upon the ironing board, an ear formed on said clamp, a flatplate having ears pivoted upon said first named ear, lugs on the lowerside of GEORGE WALTER HAWKINS.

Witnesses EDWARD M. PIERCE, CHARLES R. CHRIsTm.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

